Best Traditional Heavy Metal Albums

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61Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

62Back In Black - AC/DC

Seriously? It's hard rock.

63Master of Puppets - Metallica

Recognised as not only the greatest thrash metal record ever made, but also the greatest heavy metal record of all time, and the greatest progressive thrash metal record ever made. 30-years on and still no-one has come close to touching it, which is great but also a little sad.

One of the most recognized albums by Metallica, some say it is the last good one but Justice is awesome and Metallica is okay. But Madter is amazing

Pantera isn't as hard as Human Abstract, Winds of Plague, or Killswitch Engage but it is defiantly very heavy. They used to be a hair metal band but they went into heavy metal slowly from Power Metal to Vulgar Display of Power

Sorry to pop your bubble, but this album pummels every album you just mentioned to a bloody pulp. Apart from Demanufacture, this album is the definition of heavy.

70... And Justice for All - Metallica

Metallica is not as technical or heavy but it is defiantly very influential. It is very technical and heavy but it isn't the top. Anyways, this album demonstrates Anti-American roots and Anti-American roots. Bringing a huge masterpiece

What? It is their most technical album they ever made. So much so that it regarded as one of the most technical metal records ever made. You must own the demo, because the version I own has Lars at his finest, Hetfield shredding it, and Hammet killing it. Newstead is no doubt playing it technically too, though he's inaudible.

71Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue

72Rage for Order - Queensryche

Their most textured, sophisticated, and sublime record. It beats the guitar driven Operation Mindcrime hands down.

73Too Fast for Love - Motley Crüe

One of the best eps ever made, and I loathe glam.

74The Dark - Metal Church

All killer, no filler. One of the greatest metal records ever made.

75Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden

Don't pull that grunge crap on me either. Cornell sings like a young Dio, and this album is Sabbath-inspired metal thru and thru.

76Superunknown - Soundgarden

Sent this mighty heavy rock/metal band thru the stratosphere. It has so many classics on it that only the Black Album can rival it.

77Dirt - Alice In Chains

It's heavy, it's depressing, but it is delivered with such beauty and bittersweet harmonies that you can only smile and acknowledge as one of the best. Too many classics to bother mentioning.